Nozzle for oil-cans



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UNTTED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

DAVID TRUE, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

NOZZLE FOR OIL-CANS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,702, dated February 9, 189'?.

Application tiled January 2, 1896.

TO'CLZ, 'L1/tem t may concern.:

Be it known that I, DAVID TRUE, a citizen of the United States, residing in Amesbury, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Nozzles for Oil-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

This is an improved nozzle adapted to be applied to oil-cans of any description, preferably, but not necessarilyexclusively, to oilcans for use in connection with machinery and which are adapted to apply oil to bearings which are at some little distance from the hand or in obscure locations or at points not easily seen or accessible.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described, whereby a yielding quality is applied to the nozzle, so that while it is normally straight it is sufticiently pliable to yield and bend rat-her than become broken 4by the exercise of a force which would bend or break an ordinary nozzle, and whereby said 'yielding nozzle is applied to the oil-reservoir.

The nature of the invention in detail is fully described below, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is an elevation of my improved nozzle applied to an oil-can. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section of a sufiicient portion of the nozzle to illustra-te the invention. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line y, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the body or reservoir of an ordinary oil-can. B is the tip of the nozzle. This tip is rigid with-the tube C, and an annular shoulder B' is formed at the point where the upper end of the tube C- joins the lower end of the tip B. XVithin the tube C is rigidly placed a plug or core D of even length therewith whose periphery is corrugated or provided with longitudinal grooves D'. Driven into the lower end of the central passage Dl in the plug D is the squared upper end of a rod E, preferably metallic, and with a sundcient amount of iiexibility and spring. The lower end of this rod is squared and fits into a passage F in the plug or core F, provided with peripheral longitudinal grooves F', said plug fitting within the tube H. and its relation with the tube H correspond This plug F' Serial No. 574,079. (No model.)

exactly with the plug D and its relation to the tube C. A flexible tube K, made preferably of mineralized rubber, extends from the tube C to the tube H, being secured to said tubes by means of the annular ribs C and H or in any suitable manner. The lower end H" of the tube H is internally screw-threaded and provided with the integral hand ring or nut 71. Into this portion Hl screws the tube J, externally screw-threaded at its upper por tion and provided with ahand-nut L, between which and lthe lower end of the tube H H suitable packing N is placed. This tube J is formed with an integral iiange P, whereby it is held in the tube R, and the long extension J This tube R is provided with the internal Iiange R' and screwed upon the tube S, which is screwed into the mouth of the can A and iits around the extension J of the tube J. Suitable packing T is provided within the tube or between the tube S and the iiange P.

The nut L is properly a hand-nut, as above designated, rather than a check-nut, as its object is to be held by one hand while the nozzle proper is screwed up and seated against it, thus enabling the nozzle to be rotated by grasping it at 'any point. When the nozzle proper is to be removed,the hand-nut L is held stationary by one hand. It desired, a little solder may be applied'to unite the hand-nut with the pipe J.

It will be noticed that the parts lastnamed constitute something more than an ordinary union, the tube J being provided with the long extension J', which reaches to the mouth of the can itself, thus imparting great stiffness and strength at that point.

When the can is in use and sufficient force is suddenly applied to the nozzle to bend or break one constructed in the ordinary manner, my improved nozzle yields and bends between the tubes vC and H by means of the flexible connecting-tube K, but is prevented from collapse and immediately restored to its original straight position when the force is removed by the pliable springing rod E. Thus the nozzle yields,but does not break or become permanently bent.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A nozzle for oil-cans, comprising two sepn rounding said rod and connecting said tubular rigid portions, substantially as described.

3. In a nozzle for oil-eans, the Combination of the tube C sustaining the tip B, the eore or i plug D fixed in said tube and provided with the longitudinal peripheral grooves D', the tube I-I Connected by a union or coupling With the oil-can, the eore or plug F rigid Within said tube H and provided With the longitudinal peripheral grooves F', the springrod E having its opposite ends fast in said plugs or cores D F, and aflexible tube K surrounding said rod and connecting the tubes C Il, substantially as set forth.

-l-. In a nozzle for oil-eans, the combination of the internally-sereW-threaded tube H, the internally-sereW-threaded tube R provided with the internal flange R', the externallyscrew-threaded tube S serewinginto said tube R, and externallyscrew-threaded tube J screwing into the tube Il, provided with the llange P and with the stilening extension J' extending down into the said tube S, whereby the nozzle is rendered rotative and capable ol' being taken apart and its parts assembled, substantially as set forth.

DAVID 'll'tUlC- \Vitnesses: y

l'InNRY W. WILLIAM, A. N. BONNEY. 

